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lookingland ([personal profile] lookingland) wrote2007-09-23 09:53 pm

rembrandt & the gospel according to mark (4:35-40)

the sun sets on another sunday ~

i have worked on a lot of odds and ends this weekend (prolly more odd than end, but that's about par for the course). it took me most of the evening to draw the "rembrandt" picture i mentioned the other day. it was a lot more complicated than i anticipated and i'm mostly pleased with the results, though i am not sure if it "reads" well. i posted a preview under the cut if you want to take a gander at it and tell me what you think. it ain't finished, but the shape is basically in place.

the lettering will be larger and legible on the final, but in case you can't read it, it's Mark 4:37-40ish. i'm sort of torn as to whether the image conveys well enough what i want it to, and don't know whether the quote helps or just confuses the matter. again, mebbe you swell flisters can give me your impressions. other than dead andy lying in state, this is the "opening" image of the story, so i feel like it has to carry all sorts of important tonal/metaphorical junk (you know, all that writerly crap).

okay, enough of me blithering again.



hope everyone had some bright moments this weekend! i saw 3:10 to Yuma on sattidy. review is in the works.

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[identity profile] littlewings04.livejournal.com 2007-09-24 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
Wow. That is some kind of beautiful. I think it really, really works elegantly. The Matthew passage works well, and when the picture's tipped, I think it alludes to how off-balance everyone is, faith or no. Am I entirely wrong?

[identity profile] lookingland.livejournal.com 2007-09-24 11:56 am (UTC)(link)
that's not quite the whole of what i was going for, but if it's elegant and beautiful, i'll take it! thank you!

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[identity profile] utter-scoundrel.livejournal.com 2007-09-24 01:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Coolness!

[identity profile] jamiekswriter.livejournal.com 2007-09-24 01:53 pm (UTC)(link)
The lettering is lovely!

[identity profile] minstrel-ivare.livejournal.com 2007-09-24 02:07 pm (UTC)(link)
That is beautiful. One thing--the first piece of text looks a little odd placed where it is, over the line between sections. Is there some other way you could arrange it?

[identity profile] lookingland.livejournal.com 2007-09-24 02:22 pm (UTC)(link)
thank you ~ !

and i totally agree about the text. i think i am going to shift everything over one panel (with two sections of the text in the final panel). since the image will be larger, i'll have more room to play with.

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[identity profile] lookingland.livejournal.com 2007-09-24 02:23 pm (UTC)(link)
i think the scribblyness of it goes well with my drawing style ~ i really like it too!

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[identity profile] lookingland.livejournal.com 2007-09-24 02:23 pm (UTC)(link)
thanks ~ !

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[identity profile] geckobird.livejournal.com 2007-09-25 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
That is absolutely beautiful!

Though I do agree the first text is in an odd place. I read the text at the top of the page first and then the text in the first box, so I was a trifle confused. But the image itself and the lettering is fantastic. ^_^ You draw so beautifully.

[identity profile] lookingland.livejournal.com 2007-09-25 11:36 am (UTC)(link)
thankie amber!

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